Rush to the rescue! The 28-year-old center replaced Zhou Qi into the list, Liaoyue G5 reversed, and Du Feng had a showdown
On May 11, Beijing time, the fifth battle of the CBA semifinals Liaoyue War began, and this game was destined to be Mars hitting the earth, and the result happened unexpectedly. Guangdong men's basketball ace center Zhou Qi was diagnosed with a herniated disc before the game, which was an injury that Zhou Qi had before joining the Guangdong men's basketball team.
Guangdong men's basketball team took Zhao Rui for Zhou Qi, what they want is Zhou Qi to play the key games of the playoffs, especially against the strong team inside, in the quarterfinals, the Guangdong men's basketball team with Zhou Qi is very secure, and also suppressed Hu Jinqiu, after successfully advancing to the semifinals, Zhou Qi was suspended for the first time, and the Guangdong men's basketball team lost to the Liaoning men's basketball team away. In the second and third games, the Guangdong men's basketball team welcomed Zhou Qi's return, and Zhou Qi also steadily established double-digit scoring and double-digit rebounds for the Guangdong men's basketball team, and the Guangdong men's basketball team led the Liao basketball team 2-1. But in the fourth game, due to Zhou Qi's frequent fierce confrontations with Liao Basketball players on the inside, this led to the recurrence of his old injury in the World Cup. Zhou Qi left the court early, and the Guangdong men's basketball team lost to the Liaoning men's basketball team unexpectedly.
Therefore, the data of these games can show how important Zhou Qi is to the Guangdong men's basketball team. Du Feng was interviewed by the media before the G5 battle, and Du instructed the showdown to say: Zhou Qi's recurrence of his back injury was caused by a high-intensity confrontation with his opponent in the fourth game, and on the eve of going to Shenyang's home stadium, I visited Zhou Qi, who can only recuperate in bed at present, and needs to rely on painkillers to sleep at night. It is conceivable that Zhou Qi's old injury recurred more seriously this time.
So can the Guangdong men's basketball team create a miracle and counterattack Liao Basket away to advance to the finals? Du Feng still maintains an optimistic attitude towards this, he still hopes that all players in the team can remember Zhou Qi's hard work on the court, especially young players to calm down to learn from veterans, Du Feng hopes that the Guangdong men's basketball team can play the fifth game with the mentality of impacting the opponent, no matter what the result is, or fight until the last second.
Before the game, media sources pointed out that Du Feng made personnel adjustments in the preparation class, and Zhao Xuhong, who flew to Shenyang with the team, was arranged to enter the group confrontation, that is to say, the 28-year-old Zhao Xuhong will enter the 12-man squad of the G5 life and death battle, Zhao Xuhong played quite well in the first stage of the regular season this season, during that time Zhou Qi has been recuperating from injuries, and his performance in the team can be called a big brother, because several insiders in the team such as Zhang Mingchi, Xu Xin and others are post-00s, they are too young and too inexperienced, is far less sophisticated than Zhao Xuhong, so Du Feng trusts him quite a lot.
However, after entering the third stage of the regular season, as Zhao Xuhong suffered an injury, Zhou Qi slowly returned to the team, and the young inside line in the team gradually grew up, Du Feng completely gave up Zhao Xuhong, and he didn't play for a second in the playoffs, so this time, Zhao Xuhong was ordered to be in danger, he took the task to help the Guangdong inner line, Zhao Xuhong, who is 2.15 meters tall, has excellent static talent, and his experience is richer than Xu Xin, Zhang Mingchi and Zhang Hao, so it is expected that Du Feng will arrange for these four people to take turns to play, who is in good shape, Just stay on the field and play a little longer.
Don't forget, the key reason for losing in the fourth game was the failure to limit Liu Yanyu, the inside soldier of Liao Basket, and the follow-up also made Fu Hao explode, so Du Feng needed to take the initiative to change the formation. It is expected that Du Feng will completely give up the small foreign aid, let Weems and Jordan Bell play, and at least ensure that Jordan Bell has 25 to 30 minutes of playing time, so that the inside line will not be penetrated.
Du Feng was a little unhappy in the pre-game interview, his expression was very heavy, this season he shouted early to lead the team to win the championship, but he didn't expect to meet the defending champion in the semifinals, and now the two teams have fought a tie-break five-and-death battle, whoever wins will advance to the finals to play Xinjiang men's basketball team, and whoever loses will mean the official end of the season. Hopefully the two teams can bring a good game to the fans, and hopefully there will be fewer injuries on the pitch, and as for who will have the last laugh, let's wait and see.